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Early-medieval tweezers
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None, Julian Watters, 2008-07-07 13:12:48
Title
Early-medieval tweezers
Description
English: A complete set of copper-alloy tweezers, probably dating from the 5th to 8th century AD.

The arms are slender in appearance, expanding in width gradually towards the terminals. One of these terminals is bent inwards slightly. The undecorated surfaces show evidence of having been filed. At the top, the arms converge to a point where they are almost touching, creating a loop. Attached via this loop is a ring of copper-alloy wire the terminals of which are looped together. Also attached to this ring, via a loop, is a short length of flattened wire. This wire may have served as a means of attachment, or it may be part of another toilet implement.

The artefact measures 76mm long, 19.6mm wide (the ring) and up to 8.8mm thick. The weight is 4.71g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
Date between 400 and 720
Accession number
FindID: 224940
Old ref: BH-203DB3
Filename: Tweezers 08 52 - 1.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/181114
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/181114/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/224940
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